flypaper

English

Etymology

fly +‎ paper

Noun

flypaper (countable and uncountable, plural flypapers)

A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it

Synonyms

fly ribbon

Derived terms

flypaper strip
flypaper theory

Translations

flypaper

Bulgarian: мухоловка (bg) f (muholovka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捕蠅紙 (zh), 捕蝇纸 (zh) (bǔyíngzhǐ)
French: papier tue-mouches (fr) m, papier à mouches m, papier colle-mouches m, attrape-mouche (fr) m
German: Fliegenpapier n, Fliegenfänger (de) m, Honigstreifen m

Hungarian: légypapír (hu)
Italian: acchiappamosche m (invariable)
Japanese: 蝿取り紙 (はえとりがみ, haetorigami)
Volapük: musakapapür (vo)

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